Sorry this is out of chronological order, but I have wireless lan for the first time since leaving home. I wanted to tell you what a surprise I got when arriving at the Fernpass on Thursday. Even though it was pouring with rain, seven of my friends were there to see me off and even had prosecco and glasses with them. Although they had said their goodbyes the previous evening,  4 ladies from our Aktivclub were there wearing their club tricots and helmets and held their club scarves in an arch for me to cycle under.when I eventually left at 8:30.

I will now add a bit more to my two previous  posts.